• Leah Roter of Beachwood. She captured the girls state championship in the 3,200 run with a time of 10:41.45.

“I think it is just a great moment,” said Roter, who was also fifth in the 1,600 (5:03.09). “Just being the first girl in Beachwood to win a state championship — everyone on my team here just did so amazing. I think as a team, we are all proud of one another and all that we achieved.

“I thought we were going to be up there (in the team standings), but I didn’t actually think we were going to get first.

• The Beachwood girls 4x100 relay team: Won the state championship with a time of 48.29.

Congratulations to all of these athletes and teams for bringing home state crowns.

BRICKBATS >> To Scott Frye, the former central Ohio bus driver who was sentenced to jail after being convicted of leaving a developmentally disabled woman inside a parked bus on a scorching day.

The Lancaster Eagle-Gazette reported that Frye, 53, pleaded no contest May 31 to failure to provide for a functionally impaired person and patient endangerment in Fairfield County Municipal Court. Frye received 175 days in jail.

Prosecutors say Frye returned his bus to the Lancaster-Fairfield Public Transit depot on a 90-degree day last September and failed to notice that the 29-year-old woman, who is autistic and nonverbal, remained inside. She was treated at a hospital for dehydration after Frye discovered her inside the bus nearly 4 ½ hours later.

Frye was fired after the incident.

A defense attorney said Frye is remorseful — and we believe he should be. After all, anyone whose job involves caring for developmentally disabled clients needs to be attentive, responsible and conscientious to ensure their safety and well-being.

BRICKBATS >> To Herschel Jones III, after he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison for 2016 shooting death of Danville, Ohio, Police Officer Thomas Cottrell.

Danville is about 60 miles northeast of Columbus.

Jones was sentenced after he pleaded guilty in Knox County Common Pleas Court in Mount Vernon to aggravated murder and other charges. The judge added to his life sentence 35 years without the possibility of parole.

Jones faced a potential death penalty if convicted at trial. Death penalty specifications were dropped as part of the plea agreement.

The 34-year-old officer’s body was found behind the village’s municipal building on Jan. 17, 2016, after Jones’ ex-girlfriend warned police he was “looking to kill a cop.” Cottrell had been shot in the head.

We believe that Jones deserves the sentence he received for this heinous crime.